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Report: Last 3 Decades of 20th Century Hotter Than Anytime in 1,400 Years
Science & Tech  (tags: Climate change, discovery, environment, habitat, health, history, investigation, NewTechnology, research, safety, science, scientists, society, technology )

Kit
- 29 days ago - commondreams.org
New research confirms dramatic shift in long-term cooling trend "correlates directly" with human induced carbon emissions.
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Solar Plane Takes Off on Historic Coast-to-Coast Flight
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, design, discovery, energy, investigation, NewTechnology, research, scientists, solar plane )

Kit
- 18 days ago - livescience.com
A solar-powered airplane that can fly day and night without using a single drop of fuel embarked on an unprecedented flight across the United States today (May 3).
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Apple: Don't Censor Tibet ACTION US
Science & Tech  (tags: world, China, Apple, technology, apps, censorship, humanrights, corruption )

Nancy
- 21 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Tell Apple to return the 'Jingdian Shucheng' app to the App Store and stop facilitating the Chinese government's suppression of information and repression of free thinking.
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World's Oldest Flowing Water Found Deep in Timmins Mine
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, scientists, science, research, water, discovery, news )

Michael
- 6 days ago - cbc.ca
Water found in a deep, isolated reservoir in Timmins, Ont., has been trapped there for 1.5 billion to 2.64 billion years -- since around the time the first multicellular life arose on the planet -- Canadian and British scientists say.
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Use of Seabirds as Potential Monitors of Ocean Contamination
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Agnes
- 17 days ago - frenchtribune.com
As per a new study done by a team of biologists (a father-son duo), seabirds are the best options to keep a track on the world oceans increasing chemical contamination.
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Asteroid 9 Times Size of Ocean Liner Approaches Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: Science, Asteroid, 1998 QE2, space object, minor planet, NASA )

Angelika
- 3 days ago - rt.com
The 1998 QE2 asteroid has the physical mass to potentially deliver life on Earth a knockout punch, being 2.7km in length. It is to buzz our planet on May 31, aweing the stargazing community.
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'Icicles of Death' Discovered Deep in Polar Oceans Could Hold Clues to the Origins of First Life on Earth
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Agnes
- 25 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Team of scientists believe first life may have originates in sea ice Process of brinicle formation may have created conditions necessary for life Brinicles formed by brine forced from sea ice that sinks to the sea bed
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Study: Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Linked to Cancer, Autism, Parkinson's
Science & Tech  (tags: Glyphosate, Roundup, Monsanto, new peer-reviewed study, journal entropy, biologically disruptive chemical, gut bacteria, damage to health, link to numerous diseases )

Judy
- 25 days ago - commondreams.org
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, may be "the most biologically disruptive chemical in our environment," say authors
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Mysterious Seahorse Astounds Scientists With Flexible Armor
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, discovery, environment, interesting, news, research, science, seahorses, University of California San Diego, world )

Dan
- 11 days ago - abcnews.go.com
The seahorse, a fish that looks like a miniature horse, astounds researchers by its ability to withstand crushing forces that would destroy any other living creature. Logged in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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Teleportation, ESP & Time Travel: 10 Tales of Superpowers
Science & Tech  (tags: folk lore, science fiction )

Kit
- 24 days ago - livescience.com
The idea of people with superpowers is one that has long captivated audiences. Modern-day movies, graphic novels, TV shows and video games are full of fictional stories involving people who have acquired extraordinary and seemingly impossible abilities
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How Earthquakes in Chile Have Permanently Deformed Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: earthquakes, destruction, environment, habitat, humans, nature, research, science, investigation, scientists, technology )

Robert
- 23 days ago - science.nbcnews.com
Richard Allmendinger of Cornell University and his colleagues now find major earthquakes of magnitude 7 or greater apparently caused the crust in northern Chile to crack permanently.
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Pass It on: Humpback Whales Teach Each Other New Hunting Technique
Science & Tech  (tags: Pass it on: Humpback whales teach each o )

Agnes
- 25 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Humpback whales can pass a good idea on to each other in much the same way as humans, scientists have learned.
19 comments
Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old 'Ultraconserved Words'
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, study, world, society, research, discovery, archaeology, ancient, humans, interesting, investigation )

JL
- 11 days ago - washingtonpost.com
In addition to Indo-European, the language families included Altaic (whose modern members include Turkish, Uzbek and Mongolian); Chukchi-Kamchatkan (languages of far northeastern Siberia); Dravidian (languages of south India); Inuit-Yupik (Arctic languag
28 comments
Scientists Use DNA From Poop to Track Rare Tigers
Science & Tech  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animals, conservation, cats, environment, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, tigers, investigation, endangered, design, interesting, investigation, science, scientists, study, performance, world, safety )

JL
- 11 days ago - motherjones.com
Bengal tigers can be elusive. They're classified as an endangered species, they're mostly nocturnal, and if they had their way, they wouldn't see many humans, either.
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